Recent content by Ripped

Always lots going on in the garage. I'm so glad that I reconfigured everything years ago. One of the pet peeves of my wife (and in this case she is kinda right) was the gas/fuel/exhaust smell from the Mustang. Even though I've learned some of the black magic in carb tuning, it still does smell...

Thank you very much Riley. I hope that you and your family and friends stay safe as well. Actually took the day off of work today due to a headache (I usually don't get them) but with the pandemic, don't want to be one of the asymptomatic spreaders. After the fall I am definitely...

Yeah I am familiar with the Sonic Blue. This one is a Lamborghini blue, but I actually like some of the new colours I see on cars lately. Very vibrant.

Got to work on updating the sound and the visual theme in the garage. My other radio was pretty much shot, with only the tuner working, The CD player had crapped out. I've always wanted a Jukebox, but money and space have not really permitted that, so when I saw this quarter-sized version, I...

Well the fridge is pretty much done. My wife was kind of miffed when I was painting it. She wasn't fond of the colour scheme and said it looks too plain. I didn't tell her that I was adding the chrome trim. Since I just finished and she hasn't seen it yet, I am hoping she agrees that it looks...

Got a start on the fridge. Took a heckuva lot of time removing the inner door and taking off the chrome nameplate. Hopefully another couple days of painting then get to decorate it with some chrome trim

Decided that it's time to repaint the beer fridge. Stay tuned.

Well after completing the work as far as I got, I did a really stupid thing. I was covering up the boat, snapping the canvas on at night. Used to work from the front to the back always, and I guess my brain was programmed from years ago to step on the swim platform. Problem was, the swim...

The never ending series of projects continues. Thinking back to how much the renovation on the garage means to me, and being productive on my projects. I'd like to have a little quiet time to revisit and tweak some things, but between work and everything else, it's pretty challenging. So this...

I seem to like having multiple projects going at the same time, or maybe it's my wife's idea lol. Anyway after having rodents under our front porch, we ripped it up and redid it starting with a solid concrete base instead of a wood frame. Finally go around to doing the deck. Part of the plan...

I guess at times like these I feel blessed that I joined this forum a few years ago, and got to converting my garage into a very functional and great place to do my projects. Some of the projects I've been working on. Tuning and fine tuning the idle characteristics of my 487 side oiler. It's...

I have a 5 1/2" x 2" wedge now, but I need something a little smaller to fit into a tight spot. Do you have any recommendations?

I am going to have to find an adjustable seat to work from. Seems like standing still and doing any work hurts my back. Funny I am back up to walking 5+ k the last couple days. Standing still is not great tho. Standing and doing anything minor for very long is super uncomfortable. I'll try and...

Well my back is slowly getting better, I am a little over 1 week out of surgery. Should get my staples out in a couple days. In the meantime I've been itching to do something in the garage. I have my stained glass project set up in the garage, but not with an easily accessible area for the...

The snow paused over the last couple of days, so after a service for my son-in-law's dad, I figured WTF, and decided to take the beast off the jackstands and test it out. Life's too short not to Anyway, I am really happy with the Baer integrated parking brake. It held the car solid on a 15%...